Cast-off for suspenders.



G. 0. SMITH.

GASTO?? FCR SUSPENDERS.

APPLmATmN HLBD Mmm, 1909.

1,105,933. Patented Aug.4,1914.

UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

CAST-OFF FOR SUSIEENDERS.`

Speccation of `Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

Application led January 21, 1909.` Serial No. 473,506.

To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, GUY O. SMITH, of Newton, in theJ county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new `and useful Improvement in Cast-Offs for its nature.`

The essential object of my invention is to provide a cast-ofi:1 means or device by which the separate parts of the Suspenders maybe easily combined, securely held when combined, and cast oifby a single act or operation as occasion may require.

My invention can best be seen and understood by reference to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows in front elevation the means or device embodyingmyinvention connecting `parts of Suspenders. Fig. 2 is a cross vertical section of said device. Fig. 3 shows in front elevation parts of said device to which special reference will hereinafter be made. Fig. 4 shows in side elevation a portionof the device with suspender parts connecting therewith. Fig. 5 shows in cross vertical` section a slightly Vmodified construction embodying my invention. Fig.

6 is `also a vertical section showing the essential membersof the modified device in a disengagingposition. Fig? shows in front elevation one of the essential members 0f the modified `form of device.

i I prefer to employ ends of thewell known kind having double loops 3 and 4, respectively, one lying `outside the other.

For connecting the suspender ends with the strap or webbing; 1 ofthe Suspenders there is provided the following `described means or ldevice. Connecting immediately withthe strap or web 1 is a loop 5 having a crossbar 6. `Making connection and preferably pivotal connection with this crossbar` is the base member `7; of a two part clasp.

Fig.` 8 shows in cross vertical section a still further This member is preferably struck up from at the upper end of which there extends upwardly separate spaced arms 8,` 8, which are turned around the crossbar 6 to make connection therewith as aforesaid. The member 7 depends from the crossbar hanging by these arms and at or near the bottom end of the body thereof there projects forward therefrom a curved tongue 9. Engag` ing also with the crossbar 6 is the cover member 10 of the above-mentioned clasp. This member is preferably struck up from a single blank and consists of a metal piece or `a single blank andconsists of a metal plate y plate made preferably slightly concave and which pivotally connects with the crossbar 6 by turning the end portion 11 of the member around said bar between the arms 8, 8, of the member 7 From the point of its connection with the crossbar the member 10 is extended so far that a portion 12 thereof, formed preferably by bending inwardly the end of said member, may yieldingly engage the under side of the curved tongue 9 of the base member by slippingunder and around this tongue, the two parts coperating to form a separable fastener by `which the two members are held together.

The members 7 and `10 are adapted to hold and retain `between them a slide 14 arranged upon the loop or loops of the suspender ends and through which these loops are adapted to play. The slide 14 preferably comprises a metal shell or housing made by bending up a flat'metal blank of suitable length and edge configuration,

which blank is bent from the point 15 at the center of its length and has sides separated to form an open space or cavity between them, the ends of `the piece being brought together'. Within the cavity of the housing y place by the bearing stress exerted `bythe sides of the housing. As said before, the slide 14` is arranged upon the portions 3 and 4: of the suspender ends,` these ortions eif tending loosely through the slice With the y one portion 3 adapted to slide over theeyelet 16 as a bearing and the portion 11` over the interior ofthe turned end 15 of the housing.V

With reference now to the operation of the device: The slide 14, arranged upon the loops of the suspender ends', is placed against the base member 7 with .the end 15 of the housing resting upon the tongue 9` of this member. clown'itoengage theV base' member-'by the turned end `12 thereof` clasping under :its .tongue 9. Thereupon the slide will become The cover is then turned seatedL in the cavity formed between the-respective members. For the purpose of centering and assisting inthe retention of the v slidein'the cavity so provided, the base -Inembermay be `upsetby van indentation 18, which, when the slideisproperly retained and seated *as aforesaid, will enter the in-Y dentation 17 formed in -the side of the slide.

,n The slide will thus be retained yas against lateral'displ'aeement, ,which `mode of retentionis also supplemented by the'concavity of the cover and also by flanges ,19 extend# ing from both sides of the slide which yeX- v tend down on either side of the tongue.' In further reference ,to the retentionl o'f vthe slidelli, it is'to be noted that as the strainv of the vparts causes the slideto draw against the tongue of the base member the strain will not come upon A.the tongue alonebu't I' will come alsol uponthe part1`2 of the cover which reinforces the tongue at this point. 'The slidemaylbe released and drawn out from lbetween the members forl releasing .the suspender ends `by disengaging the l cover i from thebasemernber whenthe slide lwill eitherfall. away from the base member or be y drawn away bythe pull onthe suspenders.

y .The cover is disengaged 'from the base memberzbyxdrawing upon a finger clip 2() l.pro-

i jecting from the Abent end v12l .of the Acover of ,the finger from the back of the base memy n ber through .an opening 21 preferably formed o l in it. This opening 21' may be an opening whichengages the tongue as aforesaid.` The cover may also bedisengaged and the slide pressed `out ofits socket by inserting thevtip left by the striking up of the base member forforming the tongue 9.'

.In Figsf to 8, inclusive, I have shown 4a slightly modified embodiment of my invention, theespecial advantage-ofwhich resides @in the `factthat the slide 14 is positively dis-- lodged or drawnaway from the base member Y uponopening the cover. As may be noted v.(especiallypwith reference to Figs. 5 and '6),

lthewend, of the coverwhich is `bent around `the crossbar ofthe loop'forms not only ya v pivotal vconnection therewith, but is co-ntinued down byaneXtenSiOn or cast-out 22 l i v between the arInsSof the base member l(see Fig. -7) so as to lie in -back of the upper portion -of the slide when seated. Accordingly as the coveris turned awayI from the Abase member; the .part k22 .will act to Vforce theslide away from lits bearing on lthe tongueQ, `the Ycoverjcarryingit .untilthe slide .is drawn away from' the cover bythe pull on the sus-f penderends. In thismodified construction,

Tfor seating the slidelbetween the base mem-y ber and cover, the slide is first applied tothe the main body of the cover,'as.may be seen `by .reference .toligz .6. Upon then'turning down the cover to engage the baseL member,

vand as the portion 12 of the cover1v slips in beneath the tongueQ of the base member`,'.the tongue will slip iny between thefslide andthe 'cover by `placing it uponthe portion 12 of 'theV cover and between the eXtension22 and portion 12 v,of the cover when the slide will become properly seated 'as aforesaid. 4For assisting in centeringand laterally retaining the slide when seated `the cast'-,out'is`provide`d with .van indentation 23 which fits within the indentation 17 in the side of .the slide. At tention is also directed tothe' bar 21t'or1nedv in the base member against which 'the castout isadaptedgto bear when theF members areA connected. vThis for thepurpose of preventing the cast-out from projecting back so far as to wear against the garments of'one wearingthe Suspenders. n f

InFig. 8 the cover is shown providedjwith a .leather covering 25 which preferably eX- ltends 'over the cast-out 22,' around the pivotal fastening `of the cover and over its face'to T extend by a. flap 26 beyoll'dithe'endiof ,thev vringer clip 20. Such a covering is oftentimes desirable in cast-outs or kfa,stenings'for'sus-f penders and provides also `:by the projecting flap lportion 26 of the leather covering means l .l

which may be readilygras'ped the wearer of the suspenders .for effecting a disengagement of its partsQ Having thus fully' deslibed my invention, i

ent of the United 'States:-

l. A .cast-olif for Suspenders comprising base andk cover `members -pivota'lly connected whereby said cove-r may occupy an open or .I claim'and' desire to secure by'Letters yPatclosed position with relation to saidfbaseV .r

member, each yof said' members being pro; vided with parts cooperating with one another to forma releasablel clasp-for retaining p videdfwith partsl cooperating with one jan other to forma releasable clasp fforretainmg said members when said vcover 1s occupying a l of said cover and brea'lringof clasp as 4. l i

'closed position with relatiornto"saidy base member, each ofl said vrmembers 'being pro- Closed rositin and. Whh clasp iebfikn by the opening of. said pover, .andafs'lidefsoclr; eted `to liebetween 'said members 'withv bear-v ing against said clasp when `said cover is occupying a closed positionzand which slide is releasable from said members upon the openingof said cover and the breaking of said clasp as aforesaidl LA cast-oil' lfor suspenders comprising base and cover members pivotallv connected whereby said cover may beturned to occupy an open or closed position with relation to said base member, said base member having a projecting tongue and said cover being bent to coperate with said tongue to form -a clasp retaining said members when said cover is closed, said claspgbeing broken by the opening of said cover, and a slide socketed to lie between said members andhaving bearing against said tongue when said cover is closed and releasable therefrom upon the opening of said cover and breaking of said clasp as aforesaid.

4. A cast-off lfor Suspenders comprisin base and cover members pivotally connecte whereby said cover may be turned to occupy an open or closed position withzrelation to said base member, each of Said members being :provided `with parts coperating` with one another to form a releasableclaspfor retaining said members when said cover is closed and which clasp` is broken by the openingof said cover,; and a slide comprising a housin and eyelet contained therein socketed to 11e between said members and having bearing against said clasp when said cover is closed and which slide 1s releasable upon the opening of said cover and breaking of said clasp as aforesaid.

GUY O. SMITH. Witnesses:

JOHN E. R. HAYES, M. E. FLAHERTY.

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